Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hot talk


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The result was   merge to Talk radio. Mgm|(talk) 08:57, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Hot talk

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This page doesn't seem to be about anything in particular - maybe some small part of it should be merged to Talk radio, but generally it comes across as an fairly incoherent list. Richard Hock (talk) 13:02, 1 December 2008 (UTC) 
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions.   -- Raven1977 (talk) 07:10, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge ...to Talk radio It's a valid topic on a variation of the talk radio format. I don't know that enough can be said about it to warrant it's own article. --Rtphokie (talk) 13:15, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,   Sandstein   23:35, 6 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. There is significant coverage of the format in Something in the Air: Radio, Rock, and the Revolution That Shaped a Generation, as well as several newspaper and magazine articles: "Talk Radio's Blue Streak as Political Issues Lose Their Pull, Programmers Are Wooing Younger Audiences with a Mix of Shock Talk, Jock Talk, and R-Rated Banter" in The Boston Globe, "War of the Words More FM stations switching from hard rock to all talk" in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, "Yakity Yak, Please Talk Back: Inside the Intense and Screwy World of Talk Radio and the Search for the Next LarrykingrushlimbaughhowardsterngordonliddyWhomever in the Los Angeles Times, and "Ed Tyll Fires Up Growing 'Hot Talk' Category" in Mediaweek (April 5, 1999). DHowell (talk) 00:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge: Per Rtphokie Ryan 4314   (talk) 01:18, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 02:10, 11 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Merge Best source uses term in "quotes". Notability insufficient for stand alone article. ChildofMidnight (talk) 03:30, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge A format whose time has passed and only needs footnote treatment at this point because the current sources are few and far between.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 07:19, 11 December 2008 (UTC)


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